2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

ISSUE 1: TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 70,000 MILES. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH AND THE TRANSMISSION DIED CAUSING ME THE LOOSE POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. TOO THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY MENTIONED IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM. ISSUE 2: LUG NUT STAINLESS STEAL CAPS GET HOT AND MOLDS ITSELF TO THE LUG NUT UNDER IT. THERE IS NOT TOOL REMOVE THE CAPS AND THEY HAVE TO BE STRIPPED OFF TO GET TO THE LUG NUTS TO REMOVE THE TIRE. THE CAPS CANNOT BE STRIPPED OF COMPLETELY AND TO GET A NET SET OF LUG NUTS COST $250.

THE ENGINE APPEARS TO GIVE A FALSE OVERHEAT ALARM AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE SOON AFTER ENGINE START. TURNING ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING USUALLY CLEARS THE OVERHEAT ALARM AND THE VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY. IT WILL SOMETIMES REPEAT AND COULD BE A PROBLEM IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN YOU NEED TO CLEAR QUICKLY. FALSE OVERHEAT ISSUES BEING REPORTED ALL OVER FORUMS WITH 1.6 ENGINE. MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. NO OTHER APPARENT PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM WERE FOUND.

I WAS DRIVING MY FAMILY FROM HOUSTON, TX TO SAN ANTONIO,TX ON JULY 5TH 2019 FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL WITH THE 6F35 TRANSMISSION. WE WERE ABOUT 1 HOUR & 30 MINUTES INTO OUR TRIP, 108 MILES, FROM OUR HOME NEAR THE CITY OF FLATONIA, TX WHEN OUR TRANSMISSION HORRIFICALLY FAILED. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION HAD A MADE A HARD SHIFT INTO 6TH GEAR. IT HAD JUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES UNTIL I ACCELERATED AND THEN IT FINALLY SHIFTED INTO 6TH GEAR. THE NEXT SIGN OF TROUBLE WAS WHEN THE DASH SCREEN TOLD US THE LANE CHANGE SENSOR WAS FAILING. NEXT WE STARTED NOTICING A FAINT BURNING SMELL COMING INTO THE CABIN, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS. A MINUTE LATER ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON IN THE DASH SCREEN. I IMMEDIATELY PUT ON MY TURN SIGNAL SO I COULD GET TO AN EXIT AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC, I REALIZED MY FORD ESCAPE WAS NOT RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. SO NOW I COULDN'T SHIFT AND MY GAS PEDAL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. I FINALLY REACHED THE NEAREST EXIT TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PROCEEDED TO COAST INTO THE NEAREST GAS STATION SINCE MY GAS PEDAL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. AS SOON AS I STOPPED & TURNED OFF MY SUV, WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE BAY. I QUICKLY GOT MY WIFE AND 1 YR OLD DAUGHTER OUT OF THE SUV AND RAN AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. THANKFULLY THE SMOKE STOPPED AND I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW TRANSMISSION OIL ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS SO HOT IT WAS BOILING IN THE CREVICES WHERE IT HAD SETTLED. THIS TRANSMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE "A SPECIAL BLEND OF TRANSMISSION FLUID MAINTENANCE FREE FOR THE LIFE OF THE GEARBOX." A COUPLE DAYS PRIOR THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP ERRATICALLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2-3 GEAR AND FROM 5-6 GEAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.BUT I HAD TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY DIDN'T HELP AT ALL.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND THEN THE ENGINE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE AS I HAD CARS GOING BY ME AS I WAS STALLING OUT, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MY WIRING HARNESS. THERE IS A TSB OUT BUT IT SAYS THAT MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED TWO MONTHS PRIOR THEN THE DATES LISTED FOR THE TSB. THERE IS ALSO A RECALL FOR MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL IN THE CORRECT MANUFACTURING DATES BUT I AM BEING TOLD BY A FORD REPRESENTATIVE THAT IT ISN'T MY CAR WITHOUT THEM EVEN LOOKING AT IT.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLS AT IDLE RENDERING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS MADE 3 SEPARATE ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE ALL TO NO AVAIL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE DROVE IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE; HOWEVER, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CABLE CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION LEVER TO THE GEARS WAS NOT CONNECTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEVER WAS MOVED MANUALLY IN ORDER TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN THE CORRECT GEAR AND OPERATE IT CORRECTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED WINNER FORD (591 S DUPONT HWY, DOVER, DE 19901, (302) 877-2489) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

ENGINE STALLS WHEN IN LOW OR IDLE WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. DOES T EVERY TIME I COME BACK OUT TO MY VEHICLE AFTER GOING SOMEWHERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE OIL CONSUMPTION LEVELS WERE LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. SHEEHY FORD OF SPRINGFIELD (6727 LOISDALE RD, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, (703) 651-1549) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V551000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION BECAUSE HE FELT SICK. THE HOSPITAL STATED THAT THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ANTIFREEZE POISONING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

MY CAR COOLANT IS LEAKING, HOSES ARE BAD, ENGINE GASKET IS LEAKING OIL AND MY CENTER CONSOLE IS FAULTY. AND BATTERIES ARE DRAINING EVEN BRAND NEW ONES. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR FIRE RISK COOLANT LEAK AND MY CAR QUALIFIES BUT WHEN I PUT MY VIN IT DIES NOT SHOW. PLEASE HELP. ALSO I GOT BUSHING GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM EARLIER DEALER SAID MY MANUFACTURE DATE IS DIFFERENT THAN RECALL DATE AND CHARGED ME FOR IT.

IN MOTION CAR STOPPING THEN STARTING AGAIN IN HIGHER GEAR .MOVE VERY SLOW .CALL DEALER DROVE IT OVER THERE.LEFT IT THERE.WHEN CHECKOUT CALL SAID WAS TRANSMISSION.CAR 69002 MILES .THOUGHT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY.THOUGHT 100.000 MILES THEY SAID NO 5YRS OR 100.000MILES.CAR SHOULD NOT WANT .FIRST SECOND THIRD GEAR WANT.HAD IT FIT BY OWN MECHANIC FORD QUOTED $7000.00 DOLLARS DID NOT HAVE THAT ABOUT OF MONEY.CALL MY MECHANIC HE TOE IT TO HIS GARAGE FIX IT FOR 3300.00 DOLLARS.WROTE A LETTER SENDING IT TO FORD CORPORATE OFFICE.WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TRANSMISSION.WAS A DEFAULT ON FIRST ,SECOND,AND GEAR. OTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAIN BY HOLMAN FORD IN TURNERSVILLE,NJ